Garment hanger



Aug. 11, 1936. H. o. MILLS 2,050,537.

GARMENT HANGER Filed April 4, 1932 /g J 7 z 5 1/ 7 lnkentar M (QM JMJM Attorney Patented Aug. 11, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

My invention relates to an improvement in garment hangers, and has for its object the production of a device of this character of the type wherein is provided means for efiectually clamping the garment thereto.

It is a purpose of my invention to provide a hanger of the above designated type which may be constructed entirely from an integral wire member at a cost substantially nominal in comparison with'similar type hangers yet possesses all the desired characteristics of the more expensively constructed hanger.

I-Ierebefore hangers of the described type have been constructed of two or more parts. Usually the garment supporting member of the hanger acted as a support or bearing for the cooperating clamping member as shown by Patent No. 1,204,619, granted November 14, 1916, and Patent No. 1,459,804, granted June 26, 1923. 20 It is a further purpose of my invention to provide an integrally fabricated wire hanger having a garment supporting member and cooperating clamping arms which are formed with a minimum number of operations and thus can be constructed manually or mechanically at a rapid rate.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will appear as the description of the invention proceeds. It is to be distinctly understood, however, that I do not intend to limit myself to the exact details shown or described but that I intend to include as part of my invention, all such obvious changes and modifications of parts as would occur to those skilled in this art and would fall within the scope of the claims.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved gar ment hanger.

Fig. 2 is a top elevation of my improved garment hanger.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of my modified hook structure.

With reference to the drawing, reference character I generally designates my improved garment hanger integrally fabricated from a single strand of material preferably galvanized steel wire, consisting of garment supporting arms 2 and 3 twist-ed at 4 and terminating in a narrow throated supporting hook 5. The supporting r arms 2 and 3 extend in opposite directions and are turned back through 180 degrees at 6 and l, respectively, to form rounded corners over which the garment may be easily slipped. The turned back portion of the arms 2 and 3 constitute members 8 and 9 respectively, which are carried beneath the arms 2 and 3 centrally of the hanger and are deflected at I0 and H to provide vertical members l2 and I3. To provide garment clamping members for the hanger, the members l2 and I3 are deflected at M and to form clamps l6 and I! obliquely located relative to the arms 2 and 3 and in substantially the same vertical plane. The clamps l6 and H terminate in transversely positioned clamping feet l8 and I9 which are held in firm contact with the arms 2 and 3 dueto the resiliency of the members l0 and ll. The feet l3 and I!) may be rounded as at 20 and 2| to avoid tearing the garment. If desired, rubber tubing or the like (not shown) may be inserted upon the feet to prevent crushing of the clamped garment and to increase the clamping action.

As my improved garment hanger is especially adapted to be used to support garments being aired upon an outside clothes line, I prefer to provide my hanger with a narrow throated hook 5 which may be securely clamped upon the clothes line to prevent the hang-er and garment from being inadvertently removed therefrom.

In Fig. 3 is shown a modified form of hook 3 which will enable my hanger to be clamped upon a clothes line when the hanger is being employed for supporting a garment to be aired or dried and will also enable the hanger to be hooked over the conventional closet hanger supporting pole or the like. With reference to the drawing, 2 and 3' designate horizontal garment supporting members twisted at 4' to form a vertical supporting member. The member i is formed into an opened throated hook 5' which has formed therein, in vertical alignment, with the member 4' and a narrow throated portion 6' in which a clothes line may be clamped.

In operation, the Vertical members l2 and I3 are moved toward the hook portion of the hanger by the hand to remove the feet l8 and i9 from the arms 2 and 3 to permit the threading of a garment upon the arms 2 and 3. When the members !2 and i3 are released, the resiliency of the structure forces the feet l8 and i9 against .15 the garment and clamps the same against the arms 2 and 3.

What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. Anintegrally fabricated wire garment hanger comprising a centrally located supporting portion terminating in a hook, substantially horizontal garment supporting arms extending in opposite directions from said portion, said arms terminating in turned back portions extending inwardly toward said supporting portion and deflected substantially normal to said arms adjacent thereto to present portions terminating in clamping members obliquely positioned, to said supporting arms, said clamping members being provided with feet portions in contact with said supporting arms.

2. An integrally fabricated wire garment hanger comprising a centrally located supporting portion terminating in a hook, substantially horizontal looped garment supporting arms extending in opposite directions from said portion, and inwardly located portions of said loops being deflected upwardly and terminating in outwardly extending clamping members obliquely positioned relative to said supporting arms and adapted to cooperate with said supporting arms to clamp a garment thereto. 

